Felicia B. George is Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University. This interview is based on her new book, When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling’s History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City (Wayne State University Press, 2024). JF: […]
Michigan
New York Times poll: Trump leads Biden in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
Here is Shane Goldmacher at The New York Times: President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states one year before the 2024 election, suffering from enormous doubts about his age and deep […]
The United Auto Workers now have deals with all three automakers
This is a significant victory for the working class and unions. Here is Alex N. Press at Jacobin: Forty-four days after occupying the General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan, in 1936, during the first sit-down strike, the United Auto Workers […]
Hail!
Over at The New York Times, Matthew Walther, editor of the Catholic literary journal The Lamp, makes the case of the University of Michigan football program. Here is a taste:  In this year’s College Football Playoff, which begins on New […]
More on Jim Harbaugh’s pro-life views
Last week we did a post on the University of Michigan football coach’s speech at a pro-life event sponsored by Michigan Catholics. In the days since that speech, Harbaugh has elaborated on his pro-life views. Here is ESPN: Michigan football coach […]
Jim Harbaugh: Pro-lifer
The University of Michigan football coach spoke at a pro-life event in Michigan this week. Here is Detroit Catholic: Fr. John Riccardo and coach Jim Harbaugh, two well-known names in their respective professions, were the keynote speakers July 17 during […]
The Michigan Republican and evangelical music minister who searched for evidence of election fraud, but “all he found was lies”
Ed McBroom is a dairy farmer in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a substitute teacher, a music minister at First Baptist Church of Norway (MI), and a GOP state senator who chairs the Oversight Committee. Here’s a little devotional from the First […]